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J. M. BOORMANQ Hay Baker and Loader.

No. I 77,247.

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Letters Patent No. 77,247, dated April 28, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAY-BAKERS AND LOADE-RS.

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i-TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, J. MARCUS BOORMAN, of Scarborough, in the countyof.Westchester, and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Hay-Loading Machines; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making a portion ofthis specification, in which- Figure 1 is a. vertical longitudinalsection of a hay-loading'maehine made according to my invention, takenin the line a: :2: of fig. 2. 7

Figure 2 is a front vertical transverse section, taken in the line y 3/of fig; 1-.

Figure 3 is a detached view of one portion of the invention.

Figure 4 is a sectional view of another portion thereof.

Figure 5 is a front transverse section of the portion shown in fig. 4.

Figure 6 is a transverse section of the same, taken at right angles tofig.'5

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

The objeetof this invention is to provide a more than ordinarilyeflicient apparatus for gatheringhay from the ground and depositing itupon therehicle employed-to con'vey it to the. barn, stack, or otherplace of deposit or storage.

The'invention consists in so pivoting the apparatus to the vehicle thatit may be tilted in such manner that its driving-pinions may be veryreadily brought out of gear with thedriving-gears on the wheelsof thevehicle, thereby enabling the motion of the apparatus to be convenientlystopped without necessitatingits detaehmentfrom the vehicle.

The invention further consists in certain novel means, whereby the easyattachment of the forks to the carrier-belts, and their retention uponthe same,- are provided for, and in certain means whereby the uprightframe or series of slatshereinbefore mentioned may be very readilyremovedwhen it isdesired to use the rest ofthe apparatus as ahay-tedder.

To enable others to understand the construction and operation ofmyinvention, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the drawings.

The vehicle or wagon which the apparatus is employed to-load, may be ofany suitable kind, and has secured upon one side of each of itsrearm'ost wheels at, a toothed rim or spur-wheel, b, the purpose ofwhich will hereinafter appear. Shown at c is the rear portion of ahorizontal framework or rigging placed upon the box cl 'of the vehicle,and of any appropriate construction.

Situated behind-the vehicle, inthe backwardly-inclined positionindicated in fig. 1, is a rectangular frame, A, provided at each sidewith a forwardly-extending supporting framework, which may consist of'four bars, marked respectively a b '0' cl, arranged and securedtogether as shown in figs. land 2. These supporting frameworks a b e dare pivoted to the rear end of the rigging c, as shown at e, in suchmanner that, by forcing downward the forward ends of the aforesaidframeworks, the lower'end of the frame A may be-swung back, as will behereinafter fully set forth. Provided, one in the upperand the other inthe lower end of the frame A, are. twmtransverse shafts f g, each ofwhich is furnished with a number of pulleys, indicated respectively at fand g. The pulleys .on one of the said shafts are opposite to or in linewith those bu the other; and extending over and from each of the pulleysf, opposite to the pulley g, thereto, is an endless belt or apron, B,which is furnished at suitable distances apart with forks h, theconstruction and method of attachment to the belts B of which will behereinafter fully set forth.

In order that the belts B may be maintained at the requisite tension ortightness upon their pu1leysf,g',i each of the bearings'li, in which theends of the upper shaft 9 are situated, is placed. in a longitudinalguide or slot, i", provided in one of the side-pieces i of the frame A,and is capable of being'moved up and down therein. Provided in the lowerpart of the said slot is a fixed nut, Z, through which works a screw,Z*, turned by a suitable rod or lever inserted in a transverse eye, I,formed therein. By turningthefscrews 1*, the bean ings k of the two endsof the shaft 9 maybe forced upwards until the belts B are drawnsufliciently tight upon their pulleys f g, to insure their movement bythe rotation of the pulleys f in the operation of the machine.

:The lower shaft fis furnished at'its two extremities with twospur-pinions m, which, when the machine is in operation, gear into thetoothed rims b on the rearmost wheels of thevehicle, the pinions beingretained in contact with the aforesaid rims by the leverage exertedthereon by the backwardly-inclined position-of the frame A.

Extending from onc'side'of the frame A to the other, and through thespaces within the endless belts 13, is a transverse rod or hamlet, whichis situated at atheight nearly or quite corresponding to that of therigging c. From this bar it there extends upwards, in aforwardly-inclined position, as shown in fig. 1, a series of slats, r,the upper ends of which are attached to a cross-piece, 1", whichconnects the upper ends r of two triangular side-frames s, the rearcorners of which are connected by a cross-piece, s, which rests upon theupper ends of the side-picc'esa', of the frame A, and is fixed theretoby pins s passing down through the said cross-piece into suitable holesprovided in the tops of the side-pieces just mentioned.- The lower endsof the side-frames a are fitted into' straps or sockets a. provided uponthe side-pieces 1'. When it is desircdto remove the series of slats r,it is only necessary to withdraw the rod'n and pins 8*, whereupon thesaid slats, together with the triangular side-frames s, which supportthe same, may be lifted from the-frame A.

As the vehicle is drawn along, the toothed rims b, acting through thepinions m and pulleys f, move or turn the endless belts B in thedirection indicated by the arrow in fig. 1, whereupon the forks, passingclose to the ground, grasp or lift the hay therefrom, and carry itupward past the rear end of the vehicle, after which the hay passes infront of the slats 1'. As the forks move upward, the said slats, beinginclined forward with reference to the path of the forks gradually pushthe hay fromthe latter, the momentum of the forks being sufficient tothrow the hay upward sufiiciently to'insure its falling upon therigging, upon which it is arranged in suitable position by theattendant;

The'forks h are each made of a, single piece of steel, or other suitablemetal bent to form two tines, united by a cross-piece, 6' the said tinesbeing formed with a straight portion, 0'', adjacent to the cross-pieceH, and situated at an acute angleito a line drawn from the outer end ofsuch part c" to the extremity of the tine, as represented in fig. 4.Each ofthe-forks is attached to the endless belt carrying the same, asfollows A plate, a, is'riveted fast-upon the belt, and has its twolateral edges turned over, as indicated more fully in fig. 6, so astoform two lips or flanges e", underneath which are thrust the portions0 of the tines of the forks, aud in front of the cross-piece b" of thefork are placed one or more rivets or still pins on studs f, whichprevent the fork from slippiu'g forward, and thus serve to retain theinner portions 0" of the fork under the lips or flanges e, which holdthe forks against the strain exerted thereon by the weight of the haywhen the latter is lifted, as hereinbefor'e explained. By this means theforks may be very securely and very easily attached to the belts, at thesame time that they may, if desired, be very readily detached therefromby sini-ply cutting off the rivet or rivets f*. When it is" desired tostop the motion of the working parts of the apparatus, without detachingthe same from the vehicle, it is only necessary to depress the forwardends of the supporting frameworks a 6' a d, as hereinbefore explained,in order to bring the driving-pinions m away from the toothed rims b.

on the wheels a, thus securing the desired result.

. When it is desired to employthe apparatus as a hay-teddcr, the slats1', with their side-frames s, are removed, whereupon the hay, whenlifted, will be thrown back over the upper ends of the carrier-belts,and, beingthus' 'shaken and separated, willbe lightly deposited upon theground.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. So pivoting the apparatus to thevehicle that it-may be tilted tobring the driving-pinions an out of gear with the toothed .rims or spurwheel's b onthe rear wheels of the vehicle, substantially as and for thepurpose specified. j I 2. The-attachment of the forks h to the endlessbelt by means of theplates u furnished with lip's e, and the studs orrivets f, substantially as and for the purpose Specified. 7

3. The transverse rod naud pins 8*, in combinationwith the series ofslats 1", their side-frames s and the frame,A, supporting thecarrier-belts'B, whereby'the slats 5-, with their side-frames, may bereadily detached, substantially as'andfor the purpose specified.

i J. MARCUS BOORMA-NX Witnesses:

' JW. Coomns, A. Ln GLEnc.

